1816
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Bullfights: Origin of the Harpoons or Banderillas is a 1816 by Francisco Goya, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This print shows a man in old-fashioned clothes sticking a long stick into a bull’s back. Behind him, another person holds a bundle of sticks. The bull has thick horns and looks tense. In the background, a building with a balcony and two figures watching from above. The stick the man uses is called a *banderilla*—it’s a key part of bullfighting. Goya often drew scenes like this, showing real-life moments with raw energy. Look up Romanticism next to see how this style used drama and emotion in art.
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (; Spanish: ; 30 March 1746 – 16 April 1828) was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker.
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